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Edna May Oliver (1883–1942)

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She was born Edna May Nutter, a child of solid New England stock, on 9th November 1883 in Malden, Massachusetts. The daughter of Ida May and Charles Edward Nutter, Edna was a descendant of the 6th American president John Quincy Adams. Miss Oliver took an early interest in the stage, and she would quit school at the age of 14 to pursue her ambitions in the theater... See full bio »

Born:

Edna May Nutter
in Malden, Massachusetts, USA

Died:

(age 59) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of Irene Dunne and Edna May Oliver in Cimarron
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1941 Lydia
Sarah MacMillan
 
1940 Pride and Prejudice
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
 
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
Mrs. McKlennar
 
1939 Nurse Edith Cavell
Countess de Mavon
 
1939 Second Fiddle
Aunt Phoebe
 
1939 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Maggie Sutton
 
1938 Little Miss Broadway
Sarah Wendling (as Edna Mae Oliver)
 
1938 Paradise for Three
Mrs. Kunkel
 
1937 Rosalie
Queen
 
1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich
Mrs. Atherton
 
1937 Parnell
Aunt Ben
 
1936 Romeo and Juliet
Nurse to Juliet
 
1935 A Tale of Two Cities
Miss Pross
 
1935 No More Ladies
Fanny
 
1935 Murder on a Honeymoon
Hildegarde Withers
 
1935 David Copperfield
Aunt Betsey
 
1934 We're Rich Again
Maude Stanley
 
1934 Murder on the Blackboard
Hildegarde Withers
 
1934 The Last Gentleman
Augusta Pritchard, Cabot's sister
 
1934 The Poor Rich
Harriet Spottiswood
 
1933 Alice in Wonderland
Red Queen
 
1933 Little Women
Aunt March
 
1933 Only Yesterday
Leona (as Edna Mae Oliver)
 
1933 Meet the Baron
Dean Primrose
 
1933 Ann Vickers
Malvina Wormser
 
1933 It's Great to Be Alive
Dr. Prodwell
 
1933 The Great Jasper
Madame Talma
 
1932 Penguin Pool Murder
Miss Withers
 
1932 The Conquerors
Matilda Blake
 
1932 Hold 'Em Jail
Violet
 
1932 Ladies of the Jury
Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane
 
1931 Fanny Foley Herself
Fanny Foley
 
1931 Newly Rich
Bessie Tate
 
1931 Cracked Nuts
Aunt Minnie Van Varden
 
1931 Laugh and Get Rich
Sarah Austin
 
1931 Cimarron
Mrs. Tracy Wyatt
 
1930 Half Shot at Sunrise
Mrs. Marshall
 
1929 The Saturday Night Kid
Miss Streeter
 
1926 Let's Get Married
J.W. Smith
 
1926 The American Venus
Mrs. Niles
 
1925 Lovers in Quarantine
Amelia Pincent
 
1925 The Lucky Devil
Mrs. McDee
 
1925 The Lady Who Lied
 
1924 Manhattan
Mrs. Trapes
 
1924 Icebound
Hannah
 
1924 Restless Wives
Benson's Secretary
 
1923/I Three O'Clock in the Morning
Hetty
 
1923 Wife in Name Only
Mrs. Dornham
 
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1934 We're Rich Again (performer: "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes")
 
1933 Alice in Wonderland (performer: "Hush-a-Bye Lady in Alice's Lap" - uncredited)
 
1932 The Conquerors (performer: "Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground" 1864 - uncredited)
 
1931 Laugh and Get Rich (performer: "Pop! Goes the Weasel" - uncredited)
 
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1999 Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (TV documentary)
Herself (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1919). Stage Play: The Rose of China. Musical comedy. Music by Armand Vecsey. Book by Guy Bolton. Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse. Based on a play by Samuel Shipman. Featuring songs with lyrics by Oscar Shaw. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Directed by Robert Milton and Julian Mitchell. Lyric Theatre: 25 Nov... See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

Edna Mae Oliver

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Personal Quote:

[when asked one day why, since she possessed a fine singing voice, she never went into musicals or opera] What? With a horse face like mine? What else can I do but play comedy? See more »

Trivia:

Interred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA, in the Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Security. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio